It’s hard to fathom a team shopping the reigning NBA All-Star Game MVP, a two-time All-Star, a former Rookie of the Year and No. 1 draft pick after just his third season. But it’s difficult to fathom a point guard of his ilk is playing on teams with winning percentages of .318, .293 and .395, respectively, effectively having little influence on the number of wins.

Cleveland might be a bit closer in reaching the playoffs after three years of Irving, but it’s nowhere near contending for titles like in the era of LeBron James.

Remember when Flip Murray and Larry Hughes were supposed to be James’ running mates and they lost in seven to the Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals? How about Hughes, Drew Gooden, Eric Snow, Sasha Pavlovic, Damon Jones and Donyell Marshall being key players on an NBA finalist? Then there’s the final Cavs team with James that included Shaquille O’Neal’s decomposing game along with the un-clutchness of Mo Williams, Anthony Parker and Antawn Jamison? Did anyone mention Wally Szczerbiak, Boobie Gibson, Ben Wallace or Delonte West saw major minutes during his time in Cleveland?

Irving hasn’t played alongside All-Stars, either. Alonzo Gee, Omri Casspi and C.J. Myles never should be starters on an NBA team. But unlike James, he’s had the chance to grow with peers. Irving was drafted with No. 4 pick Tristan Thompson at power forward, then saw the Cavs add another No. 4 pick in shooting guard Dion Waiters and a first-rounder in center Tyler Zeller the next year.

Sure, forward Anthony Bennett has been a bust as the top pick of the 2013 draft. But no one in the class distinguished himself as a rookie. Cleveland wasn’t going to take another point guard, which rules out Trey Burke and Michael Carter-Williams. With Waiters already on the team, it felt Victor Oladipo would be redundant.

The problem with Irving is he hasn’t meshed with those peers. His rift with Waiters already is legendary. When he sat with yet another injury, the Cavs played better with Waiters running the team in March.

It appears as if Irving’s game has plateaued if not fallen off. His shooting is off by two percentage points and his scoring down more than a point. His assists are at an all-time high at just 6.2 per game, good for 13th in the league.

Irving has shown to be more style than substance. He’s got the reputation of being a poor defender and a ballstopper on offense, where he likes to show off dribbling displays like he’s a Globetrotter.

He’s injury prone but Irving was on the court for some of the franchise’s most embarrassing losses this season, including dropping one to a Lakers team that had to finish the game with just four players, getting drubbed in a prime-time national game on Super Bowl weekend in New York, losing by 44 at Sacremento, failing by 19 points in a must-win game at Atlanta in late March, and limping to the end of the season with losses to Milwaukee, which is the worst team in the league, and lowly Boston.

For all his commercial endorsements and individual awards, his numbers virtually are the same as Sacramento mighty-mite Isaiah Thomas and Portland second-year player Damian Lillard. New Orleans point guard Jrue Holiday doesn’t score as much, but he’s a better passer and more efficient shooter.

In reality, Irving closer to Michael Conley Jr. than he is Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul or Tony Parker among NBA point guard royalty. Only Conley’s teams make the playoffs.

At times, Irving looked like and played like a guy who couldn’t wait to get out of town. Accommodating him — if that’s true — won’t be easy.

If Orlando gets a top-three pick (which turns into an Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker or Julius Randle), do the Cavs trade him and their No. 1 for Jameer Nelson or Oladipo and the Magic’s pick? Would Orlando be tempted by that offer?

How about Carter-Williams and the 76ers’ potential top pick for Irving and Cleveland’s No. 1? Doubtful since the Sixers are in full rebuild mode after drafting a player they knew wouldn’t play a minute this year in injured Nerlens Noel.

Would Rajon Rondo work in Cleveland? Yes. But do the Celtics want to trade their newly minted captain,and do the Cavs want an older player coming off major knee surgery?

Do they make a play for Holiday with the Pelicans? They can, but the Pelicans probably aren’t picking up the phone.

Do the Cavs go a different direction and try to swing a deal with Minnesota for prolific power forward Kevin Love and move Waiters to the point? The Timberwolves have dug in with Love and don’t look like trade partners.

Would the Trailblazers entertain a swap of point guards with the Cavs? Not likely.

If it doesn’t work out in the playoffs, would Oklahoma City be tempted to try Irving with Kevin Durant and send Westbrook out of town? Short of Westbrook freezing out Durant in a pivotal game, that’s not happening.

So the answer to the conundrum is to hold onto Irving, offer him a max deal this summer, hope he matures as a leader and morphs into the superstar point guard he’s teased being in his first three seasons. Cleveland started on this course three years ago. Ridiing it for a fourth year might be the only option.